Munari the painter, designer, graphic artist, inventor, architect, sculptor, writer, planner, philosopher, teacher, educator, explorer. Munari pioneer of ideas and situations, thought provoker but lover of harmony, ironic, poetic, reflective, intuitive, eclectic, rational, ingenuous, simple, complex, light, profound. Munari undoubtedly first and foremostan artist. But what do we intend by the word “art” when faced with someone who has constantly questioned its limits, those boundaries that have turned the borderless world of creativity into a series of compartments for specialists?
Ma chi è Bruno Munari? is part of the Block Notes series, created by Bruno Munari in 1992 for Corraini, an open collection of projects. These included creative examples of how to use art playfully and intelligently. The books in the series are characterized by their grey covers, pocket-size dimensions and the holes on the cover which prompt the reader to "wander in" through to the book itself.
